Carnotaur sat at the long table. After the UE surrender, Corocian forces had captured the Goliath, and occupied all current UE territory. The UE military was now dorment.
Station Unity had been choosen as the meeting place for the surrender terms. The Voinian Emporer Borb Jr. (in place of Redchigh who was sick) was there, Entropy was there, Thunder was there just to watch, Kiwi was also there, but he was mainly just to watch and give his opinion to his allies, and Samurai and Carnotaur were there.
Then, Carnotaur read the terms of the surrender.
"Article 1; the UE cannot maintain a military any larger than 500 ships.
"Article 2; the UE cannot build any ship larger than 4 kilometers.
"Article 3; the UE must give Molos, Saalia, and Liat to the Corocian Alliance.
"Article 4; the UE must give the colony of Huron to the Renegades.
"Article 5; the UE must give the colony of Verril to the Voinians.
"Article 6; the UE must give control of Ariane to the Renegades and Voinians to be controlled jointly by the two governments.
"Article 7; until the UE military is able to command current UE space, the Corocian military will continue it's occupation of the UE.
"Article 8; the UE must allow any Corocian, Azdgari, Voinian, or Renegade ship to enter its borders.
"Article 9; the UE will hereby take control of the following systems; Sol, Bakka, Alpha Centauri, Valos, Alurda, Knox, Talii, and Thoso.
"Article 10; any UE ships entering Voinian, Azdgari, Renegade, or Corocian territory must be scanned before entering the respective governments borders.
"Article 11; any UE warship entering Voinian, Azdgari, Renegade, or Corocian territory must not activate any secondary weapons.
"Article 12; the Voinians, Azdgari, Renegades, or Corocians may not unlawfully seize cargo, property, or vessels belonging to the United Earth democratic government without due process of law.
"Article 13; the UE is hereby classified as a protectorate of the Corocian Alliance. Any threatening move against the UE will be met with by retaliation from the Corocian Navy. Once the UE has shown itself trustworthy and able to govern itself it shall become an independent nation after due process of law by the Supreme Corocian Court.
"Article 14; the UE must give all data on the Terminus Array to the Corocians.
"Article 15; the U.E.S. Goliath will be put under the decomissioned status and put in a Corocian shipyard to be analyzed. When the UE becomes a fully independent government and has shown itself to be trustworthy, the U.E.S. Goliath will be give back to the UE after due process of law and recomissioning. This is the only acception to Article 2 of the UE surrender treaty.
"Article 16; more articles may be added to the UE surrender treaty by the Corocians, Renegades, Azdgari, or Voinians during this meeting. The article may be passed after it is ratified by the Corocian Alliance, United Earth government, and due process of law.
"Article 17; no UE ship may enter Corocian territory without Corocian authorization. This article also applies to the Voinians, Renegades, and Azdgari.
"Article 18; no UE ship may enter Corocian territory under cloak without Corocian authorization except under extreme circumstances. This article also applies to the Voinians, Renegades, and Azdgari.
"Article 19; UE ships within Corocian, Renegade, Voinian, or Azdgari territory must be open to inspection by that governments authorities when we demand such an inspection for whatever reason seen fit.
"Article 20; UE ships must withdraw from Corocian, Renegade, Voinian, or Azdgari territory at once if ordered to do so by that governments authorities.
Article 21; All cargo carried by UE ships must receive their approval from Corocian, Renegade, Voinian, or Azdgari authorities depending on which governments territory they are about to enter before they can be transported into that governments territory."
"Article 22; the UE will recieve 10 million credits from the Corocians to compensate for war damages.
"Article 23; the Corocians and Voinians hereby voulenteer to help UE refugees and the UE's injured in rebuilding new homes, fixing wounds, etc. In other words, the Corocians and Voinians will help the UE by being a sort of 'Red Cross' for them.
"Article 24; The Corocians and Voinians will also help supply the UE with desperately needed material supplies, medical supplies, and food supplies to prevent any furthur loss of life, limb, or property.
"Article 25; the UE must not be barred access to Station Unity or it's facilities. If any government does so the Corocian Navy will retaliate swiftly and effectively.
"Article 26; the Corocian blockade in the Miranu/UE void will now be nullified, and instead will become an inspection line. Any unauthorized cargo or other types of cargo that would be at threat to the Corocians, Azdgari, Renegades, or Voinians will be seized.
"Article 27; all UE ships going through the Corocian inspection line must go at only half speed while not in hyperspace.
"Article 28; all UE ships going through the Corocian inspection line must be inspected before proceeding to their destination.
"Article 29; all UE ships going through the Corocian inspection line must not power their weapons up unless ordered to by a Corocian vessel."
Carnotaur then turned to Samurai. "Do you agree to the terms of the surrender?"
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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!
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Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it.
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(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 03-13-2001).)
(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 03-13-2001).)
(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 03-13-2001).)
